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Several North Texas companies appear on Forbes’ Best Midsize Employers list for 2026.

The publication recently released its 11th annual list that ranks midsize companies with 1,000 to 5,000 employees, based primarily on survey responses from workers. Forbes also ranked large employers.

The Pennsylvania-based homebuilder Toll Brothers topped the 2026 list of 500 midsize companies, with Patagonia, United Community, Medical Mutual of Ohio and Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corp. not far behind.

Here’s a look at which North Texas employers made the list.

North Texas companies on Forbes’ 2026 best midsize employers list

Vizient, which helps healthcare organizations improve performance, is the top North Texas entry on the list at No. 20.

The Irving-based company employs more than 4,000 people, according to Forbes. Vizient was founded in 2016 and now provides solutions and services to more than two-thirds of the nation’s acute care providers and more than one-third of ambulatory providers.

Here are the other North Texas companies that made the list:

• No. 103: Republic Finance, a consumer loans company founded in 1952 and based in Plano.
• No. 133: Keller ISD, which has more than 4,000 employees and serves 30,000 students.
• No. 211: Exeter Finance LLC of Irving, which provides vehicle financing services through 15,000 new and used automobile dealers nationwide. Founded in 2006, it has a serviced portfolio of over $10 billion.
• No. 278: The Container Store, with headquarters in Coppell and more than 100 retail locations across the country.
• No. 335: HKS, a global design firm founded in Dallas in 1939, with 1,700 architects, designers, planners and advisors across 29 offices.
• No. 354: Acme Brick Co. of Fort Worth, founded in 1891, employs about 2,000 associates at nearly 70 locations in the Southeast and Southwest. It manufactures brick at 15 plants in four states, and concrete brick at three plants in Texas.
• No. 390: Interstate Batteries, founded in 1952 in Dallas.
• No. 444: Overhead Door in Lewisville, founded in the 1920s with the invention of modern garage door. The company has a network of more than 440 distributors across the country.
• No. 454. Likewize, a global tech protection, warranty, repair and support provider, based in Southlake